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...they are very flamboyant," he says. "They have self-belief in things which might perhaps deter others." The famous haka war ritual performed by New Zealand's All Blacks rugby team, a posturing display of aggression, is the ultimate Kiwi demonstration of confidence, and Lemalu, soft-spoken with a frequent laugh, comes from a background more rugby than Rigoletto. "The fact that I sang in the choir sat uneasily with my rugby playing as far as the other boys were concerned. But I really enjoyed it." With a Schubert disc due out next year and debuts at London's Royal...
...Different Loyalty will bring the '50s look to the screen beginning this fall. All this comes on the heels of Julianne Moore's double feature as a circle-skirted housewife in The Hours and Far from Heaven. So why the re-return? "I think there is a frequent return to lots of times, like '30s-inspired slip dresses that keep coming back," says Oscar winner Sandy Powell, who designed the costumes for Sylvia and Far from Heaven. Next up: the Roaring Twenties? --By Kate Novack
...wouldn't want to stay at a hotel where the smallest room is called the Playpen? Just ask Nicole Kidman, Jude Law or Adrien Brody, all of whom frequent Soho House, New York City's members-only hotel. Given its huge, funky rooms designed by onetime British Elle Decoration editor Ilse Crawford and unique services such as child care on weekends and private movie screenings, it's no surprise the hotel has starred in a Sex and the City episode. If the reported 500-plus waitlist is a turnoff, no need to leave the neighborhood: Eric Goode and Sean MacPherson...
...avoid unpleasant surprises, know when your lock-in agreement expires, and keep close tabs on your application during processing. Levine was lucky: frequent calls to her loan officer eventually helped her close on the refinancing on time at the 5% rate. "You really have to fight hard to make sure your loan is refinanced or processed in time," says Levine. Eternal vigilance may be the price of a low mortgage rate...
...first husband, heir to the Guinness brewing fortune, to run away with Sir Oswald Mosley, the widely hated head of Britain's fascist party. After spending some of the war years in a London prison, she and her husband moved to Paris, where she continued to dazzle her frequent guests and write rigorous book reviews. Of Hitler, she said, in 2000, "I was fond of him. Very, very fond...